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Use in varieties of Scots

sweaty Corpus occurrences Central Doric / Northern Orkney Shetland Southern Ulster
Occurences normalised per million words5.9 9.3 1.5 0 0 0 0
Number of occurrences1918 1 0 0 0 0
Number of authors11 10 1

Occurrences of sweaty in Corpus

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Central

McQueer, Chris HWFG, (404 Ink 2012 ISBN: 978-1912489107) Central, prose
hawn, ready tae receive Mo's sweaty mitt. He's goat a wee sleekit on page 12
v fuckin earned it. Ah pull a sweaty score note fae oot mah bra, r on page 15

2 matches

Burnett, Colin A Working Class State of Mind, (Piermont 2021 ISBN: 978-1914090158) Central - East Coast, prose
t, ah swear. Thoat some dirty sweaty Jock hud done awey wae me dur on page 56
ecomin dryer, ma hands gittin sweaty, and the wey hings are headin on page 119

2 matches

McHardy, Stuart The Wey Forrit, (Luath 2017 ISBN: 978-1912147014) Central, prose
gy fer us - 'Sweaties', fae 'Sweaty socks = Jocks' which is aboot on page 115

1 matches

McHardy, Stuart Speakin o Dundee: Tales Tellt Aroun the Toun, (Luath 2010 ISBN: 978-1-906817-25-1) Central - Dundee, prose
en in the name they gied her, Sweaty Betty, tho naebody wuid eer h on page 100
s never quit the same withoot Sweaty Betty hersel ahent the bar. on page 102

3 matches

Percy, Ely Duck Feet, (Monstrous Regiment 2021 ISBN: 978-1916117921) Central - Renfrew, prose
Sweaty Bettys in Blytheswid Square a on page 118

1 matches

Fitt, Matthew Chairlie and the Chocolate Works, (Itchy Coo 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78530-083-7) Central, prose
eeveeheid, dichtin his muckle sweaty fizzog wi a hanky. on page 141

1 matches

Clark, Thomas Diary o a Wimpy Wean, (Itchy Coo 2018 ISBN: 978-1785302145) Central, weans
baw and ye dinnae even get aw sweaty and roastin. on page 24
tae mak it look like I wis aw sweaty, and ma Da pure fell for it. on page 27

2 matches

Donovan, Anne Not Scotland, (Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010) Central - Glasgow, prose
okin at him ah felt even mair sweaty and scruffy efter the journey
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Boris Johnstone, (colinburnett.co.uk 2021) Central - East Central, prose
t, ah swear. Thoat some dirty sweaty Jock hud done awey wae me dur
1 matches

Muir, Glenn Pet-gilante, (McStorytellers.com 2015) Central - Linlithgow, prose
arry jist aboot swallowed the sweaty sock we had gagged him wi as
1 matches

Bennett, Peter Coyle Loyal, (ABCTales.com 2021) Central - Glasgow, prose
kin wreckin ball. Ma palms ur sweaty an ah kin feel the colour dra
1 matches

grandeicedcoffees Do You Wanna Touch, (archiveofourown.org 2021) Central, prose
, cheeks no doubt flushed and sweaty. Sick Boy’s hands have no s
1 matches

Burnett, Colin Death Becomes Him - Part 3, (ABCTales.com 2022) Central, prose
y real risk ae meltin intae a sweaty puddle ae skin. This hus been
1 matches

Doric

@Doric_Bananaman tweeted
' like a big hairy boabie and sweaty ba's tae pit aff thon Quatary(2015) search twitter